Jean Junction, The Former Liberal Club

KEIGHLEY HIGH STREET SE 0541 SE (South Side) 26/310 Jean Junction, The Former Liberal Club

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Former Liberal Club now shop and warehouse. 1876 designed by Wm. Smith of Keighley refronted c1900. Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, slate roof and coped gables with a gable stack. 3 storey. North Street front added c1900 with shop front, the central pedimented doorway now a window with plate glass window either side, that to the left with inserted door. Either side ashlar pilasters with ornate curved capitals and entablature with fascia board. The entablature continues to the right over 2 further bays with defining pilaster strips, firstly a further Edwardian shop front with pedimented doorway and secondly 2 circular windows with continuous hoods. Above a 3 bay upper shop window defined by 4 dumpy Doric columns on high square bases with diamond panels and a bracketted entablature above. Above again 3 panels the lower sections blocked the upper sections with glazing bar windows also defined by dumpy Doric columns with flanking carved allegorical figures in relief, above a pediment with a central circular window with elaborate carved surround. West front 9 bays with 3 windows on the ground floor and above 5 central segment headed plain sashes with ashlar surrounds and continuous hood mould. To the right a loft doorway with similar hood and beyond a further plain sash. To the left, a half octagon staircase addition c1900 with plain tile roofs and small casements. Above again 5 similar central windows, mostly blocked, with to the right 2 further sashes and to the left a pair of similar sashes and beyond a pair of smaller windows with dumpy Doric column surrounds.

Listing NGR: SE0599041033